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A beautiful, amazing girl who you would love to have around. She's enthusiastic and can be so fun. Don't fuck her over though, she'll do it twice as bad. But guys would do anything to be with her. Girls would do anything to be her.
Boyfriend: *staring at Jheri*

Girlfriend: I know you want her.

Boyfriend: and I know you want to be her.

Girlfriend:yes
Boyfriend: it's over
jheri by _lets__be__real_ January 26, 2014
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Jheri Curl

A popular hairstyle in the African-American community especially in the 1980's. This haircut was, as the previous entry says, a perm that loosens up the naturally tightened curls and makes the hair nice and bouncy as a result. The major downside to this hairdo was the extreme amount of maintenance it required to keep it looking pretty. Tons of hair care products made for a lot of greasy situations (no pun intended). Many jokes were actually aimed at this downside, see Coming To America (1988 film starring Eddie Murphy).
When Ricky got up off the leather sofa, his Jheri Curl left a greasy, oily stain where his head used to be. Guess how long that mess took to clean up.
Jheri Curl by TheSpectacularOne April 10, 2009
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Jheri curl

Named after hair products of Jheri Redding. A perm that loosens the curls of a black person's hair. Typically seen in Michael Jackson impersonators and pimp stereotypes.
I touched his Jheri curl and couldn't get my hand clean for a week.
Jheri curl by fink September 22, 2003

Jheri Curl

A hairstyle fad popular in the 1980's.

Curly black hair is worn long and wavy.

Commonly misspelled as "Jerry" or "Jerri" curl.
Even though the Jheri Curl was popular among African Americans, one would not disagree that one of the best was worn by none other than Pedro Martinez.
Jheri Curl by Baby Brown June 22, 2009

Jheri Naps 

A person that has nappy hair and gets a jheri curl thus his nappy hair become a Jehri nap (Say it in a southen accent)
Poor black man: I want a jheri curl
White man:You can get a Jheri curl you already have nappy ass hair
Rich white man: black man GTFO and go get them jheri naps
Jheri Naps by Jam3sxc September 9, 2009

Jheri curl-mandering 

A redistricting strategy made famous during the period in the late 1980's, when the Democratic Party moved geographic boundaries of an electoral district in California to include predominantly black-populated areas(South Central Los Angeles, Inglewood, Compton) in an effort to concentrate African American voters sporting the popular greasy hairstyle of the day, thus using 'packing' tactics to insure a constituency that would elect congressional representatives who also sported the couch-ruining do. The term for this strategy remained unnamed for nearly 30 years until comedian Adam Carolla coined it on his podcast, “The Adam Carolla Show”(Episode aired November 3, 2015.).
Congresswoman Maxine Waters may believe the science is still out on the morning after pill but she's definitely a student of the science of Jheri curl-mandering. Tracking sales of Soul Glo in order to target the perfect constituency was a flash of genius on the Democratic Party's part.
Jheri curl-mandering by griffin_t_a October 19, 2016
jeriya is lit🔥 er🔥 al🔥 ly the coolest, baddest, most savage -BADASS -MOTHER-FREAKING-BITCH YOULL EVER MEET!!! i am her bff and she be my bff so don’t test us boo cause she will knock a bitch out periodt. check my girl out cause she wrote a fire definition about riya and ooo that be 🔥
person 1:who is jeriya?
person 2:i don’t know i’ve never heard of her
me:JERIYA IS MY BFF
jeriya:AND JERIYAS BFF IS MY BFF
ME AND JERIYA:DONT TEST USSSSS
person 2:ohhh she’s the savage baddie
person 1:run
jeriya by jeriyas bff September 26, 2019
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